The 2 hour chart above shows two key shorter-term patterns on the S&P 500 I've been watching. They are also visible on most other time frames up to the daily chart. The first pattern is the Island Reversal that has held as the top of this (bear?) rally so far. Despite all the good news surprises, Fed stimulus, and hopes for a "V" shaped recovery, we are still below February highs on the S&P 500, and unable to rally over the Island Reversal from early June. The second pattern is the Megaphone/Broadening Top we've been creating the last few weeks (blue lines). Recent rallies have been getting bigger, but are capped by this pattern and unless the pattern breaks out to the upside there isn't much upside to expect, even on hopeful days like we're seeing today so far. Don't be surprised if we again revisit the bottom of that pattern. And if price level eventually breaks down out the bottom of the pattern it might suggest an upcoming bottom break of the multi-year Megaphone pattern I've been tracking.